brown study

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Noun
  • In 2024, lawmakers passed Wood’s bill directing the Fish and Wildlife Department to conduct a study to inform a statewide cleanup strategy for cannabis grows.
    Rachel Becker, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Xanthan and guar gum are derived from plants and are typically safe, even beneficial, according to some studies.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Christened Celia, the whimsical carriage was inspired by a fictional muse from Luhrmann’s imagination but also pays homage to London’s 1930s West End theatre scene, vintage cinema, and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
  • As the most discerning, up-to-the-minute voice in all things travel, Condé Nast Traveler is the global citizen’s bible and muse, offering both inspiration and vital intel.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The system also supports global retrospection.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The retrospection tortures her.
    Alexandra Rockey Fleming, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Philosophy is a practice of wonder and logic; curiosity and introspection; dialectic and meditation; criticism and advocacy.
    Big Think, Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Like its predecessors, the album incorporates Ant’s sticky signature beats on production and Daley’s clever rhymes, leading listeners through a world full of literary devices that drive introspection and sometimes the everyday insecurity of existence.
    Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Filmmaking is blind instinct, petty calculations, smooth generalship, daydreaming, pig-headedness, grace, bluff, risk.
    Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The colorful flowers are perfect for a photo-op or casual daydreaming.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The floating objects, trance communications, phantom touches, miraculous healings, and poltergeist writings that followed in the five decades after Mona’s death were attributed to her and a pantheon of other notable spirits, including Black Elk.
    Shannon Taggart, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
  • In other words, the age-old trance of acceptance has broken, and there are suddenly too many entrepreneurs capturing disaffected audiences by accusing legacy institutions of corruption and cowardice.
    Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Whether set in Jewish eastern Europe or New York’s Lower East Side, Shtok’s range is on full display, from gossipy melodramas and elegiac reveries to coming of age portraits of shtetl adolescents and immigrant hustlers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Some writers are naturally drawn to this kind of reverie.
    Erin Somers, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • That’s a reflection of the island's origin story, which was defined by a group of British aristocrats in search of an off-the-grid retreat.
    Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
  • This interdisciplinary show brings together spoken word, visual narrative and interactive experiences in a dynamic reflection on Bronzeville’s legacy.
    Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Brown study.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brown%20study. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.

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